ORIGINAL: ghemry
I agree, but if you take notice of those pics you will see one common thing. Most of the mature deer standingover the corn come to it at night.
Even worse!!! Those are deer that few.......if anyone would ever even know exist in that area without those things. That is becoming an ever increasing topic of off season chatter around gun clubs and hunting camps (at least around here)......."Man, I got some pics of a great buck over by blah blah blah. So when bow season comes it gets hunted like a gauntlet and if he survives the drives during gun season will be relentless. Maybe the guy who took the pics gets him.........maybe he doesn't. The point is that word gets out and the wild eyed possy now has spots x'd all over their maps as to where these bucks might be.
The night was the only refuge that a deer had left............now even that is gone.
Still sound like "fair chase" is the right term??
[quote}Second point if we have such a great advantage why is the success rate 30%(on average) for bowhunters? Looks like the deer win most of the time.[/quote]
Useless stat.........unless you have more data.